Re: Tech: Engine Hesitation

[Gary Huff <scirocco86@home.com>]

Ok, you need to take a note from brother TBerk, like I did after years of being on this list :) My 86 16v Car would act weird, and whenever the radiator fan would come on, it affected the car's running.... I thought this was normal, but hey it's not(duh..) What did I do to solve it? I took off *EVERY* electrical contact and ground wire I could find. I went over each one with 60 grit sandpaper to sand off the layers of whatever that had engrained themselves into the surface of the metal. What is the result now? My radiator fan comes on, and my car runs fun. A lot of my funk CIS-E and idle problems have dissappeared too. Do this to every contact you can find under the hood, I still have a few more to go, and i'm contemplating how I will do this to the potentiometer & DPR. Along with all the other 2-3 wire connectors. 
	-ghuff

On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 08:34:15AM -0500, Brian Wagner wrote:
> Alright this one is puzzling me, the 86 that I sold the engine is hesitating 
> when there is a high electrical load.
> 
> Replaced
> 
> Regulator
> Ground Cable (6 gauge to chassis and engine)
> Positive Cable (alt to start, start to bat)
> Exciter wire
> Extra Ground (alt to valve cover stud)
> Ground (coil mount to valve cover stud)
> 
> When no accessories are on per the Bentley I get 13.9 volts to the Bat, with 
> all the accessories on I get 12.9 at idle and 13.5 at 3000 rpm. The most 
> noticeable drop is when the high beams are on 12.7 at the battery 11.5 at 
> the gauge.
> 
> I did notice that the volt gauge in the car will read 1 volt less than what 
> I test at the battery.
> 
> I think I may have short in the lighting circuit. I will clean the ground 
> rosebud this weekend and check for broken wires.
> 
> Has anyone experienced this problem and if so what did you do to correct it?
> 
> 
> Brian
> 
> 88 16v
> 87 16v
> 86 8v (sold to neighbor)
> 
> 
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